A dozen Republican state lawmakers introduced a bill aiming to partially legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin.
“This is not a Republican issue and this is not a Democrat issue,” said Sen. Mary Felzkowski, lead author of the bill. “When you look at the map of states where medical marijuana is legal, you will see conservative states like Florida and South Dakota and more liberal states like California and New York offering a compassionate option for those who need relief. It is time to have the conversation in the state of Wisconsin.”
When she introduced the bill, Felzkowski spoke of her own experience with prescription opioids: “When I was 40, I was diagnosed with cancer the first time, and then the second time was when I was 50 in 2014. There were about nine months where I lived on oxycoton and hydrocodone. It was debilitating.” She brought forth marijuana advocates who testified to the fact that states with medical marijuana programs see opioid overdoses “decrease by 25%,” highlighting the need for marijuana as a painkilling, non-addictive alternative to opioids.
While it seems, superficially, like a progressive initiative, this proposal has received plenty of criticism from supporters of marijuana reform. Felzkowski’s bill would only legalize cannabis preparations in the forms of oils, pills, tinctures and topicals while explicitly banning any smokable and inhalable products. It would also ban home cultivation, which is a hallmark of…
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A dozen Republican state lawmakers introduced a bill aiming to partially legalize medical marijuana in Wisconsin.
“This is not a Republican issue and this is not a Democrat issue,” said Sen. Mary Felzkowski, lead author of the bill. “When you look at the map of states where medical marijuana is legal, you will see conservative states like Florida and South Dakota and more liberal states like California and New York offering a compassionate option for those who need relief. It is time to have the conversation in the state of Wisconsin.”
When she introduced the bill, Felzkowski spoke of her own experience with prescription opioids: “When I was 40, I was diagnosed with cancer the first time, and then the second time was when I was 50 in 2014. There were about nine months where I lived on oxycoton and hydrocodone. It was debilitating.” She brought forth marijuana advocates who testified to the fact that states with medical marijuana programs see opioid overdoses “decrease by 25%,” highlighting the need for marijuana as a painkilling, non-addictive alternative to opioids.
While it seems, superficially, like a progressive initiative, this proposal has received plenty of criticism from supporters of marijuana reform. Felzkowski’s bill would only legalize cannabis preparations in the forms of oils, pills, tinctures and topicals while explicitly banning any smokable and inhalable products. It would also ban home cultivation, which is a hallmark of…